Darlington duels with Southport in Vanarama National League North battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 22.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Blackwell Meadows (25000 seats)

Darlington will hope to operate their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opponents. The hosting team are currently 8 points behind Southport.

Insights:
  • Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Darlington nor Southport as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Darlington form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Darlington have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games. Darlington are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Darlington travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hereford that ended 1-1.

Heartbreak before that as Darlington lost 1-3 at York City's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Darlington handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, five draws and five defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vanarama National League North game versus Boston United in only four days. This game is also played here at Blackwell Meadows.

A decent goal production from Darlington in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. On the other hand, Darlington have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Southport form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League North travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Southport delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against York City (placed 7th) in their previous game.

A 1-2 defeat away at Chorley before that.

Southport are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Southport manager Watson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Alfreton Town.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Southport have scored 17 goals in 15 league games away. 21 goals have been conceded by Southport in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the squads met earlier this campaign; Southport - Darlington 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Darlington one win, three draws and Southport three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SouthportJ. Archer
J. Archer
12 goals
SouthportM. Carver
M. Carver
12 goals

Darlington missing players

Southport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Darlington Southport
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 6 15 31
11 7 2 Won W 1 5 13
8 3 0 Drew D 3 3 10
13 6 3 Lost L 2 7 8
50 25 6 Scored S 6 17 49
47 18 6 Conceded C 7 21 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 93% 87%
81% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 74%
66% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 55%
38% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 20% 32%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 13% 23%
62% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 52%
19% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 42%
19% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 20% 19%
 
5.2 4.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.7 4.9
4.7 4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 6.1 5.4
1.6 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.7
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 9.9 5.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.3 9.8
3.8 3.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.8
42% 44% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 42%
 
9.9 9.1 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 11.9 10.8
3.8 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.8 4.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gateshead 32 23 4 5 73 36 15 13 0 2 36 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 37 73
2 Brackley Town 31 21 7 3 45 18 15 12 2 1 20 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 27 70
3 Fylde 32 18 6 8 54 30 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 8 4 4 27 15 24 60
4 Kidderminster Harriers 31 17 6 8 53 28 14 10 1 3 34 10 17 7 5 5 19 18 25 57
5 Chorley 30 14 9 7 49 35 15 9 3 3 34 18 15 5 6 4 15 17 14 51
6 Southport 31 13 10 8 49 37 16 8 7 1 32 16 15 5 3 7 17 21 12 49
7 York City 30 14 6 10 47 38 16 8 3 5 27 17 14 6 3 5 20 21 9 48
8 Boston United 31 13 6 12 47 46 17 9 3 5 34 22 14 4 3 7 13 24 1 45
9 Hereford 32 12 8 12 37 38 17 8 4 5 21 17 15 4 4 7 16 21 -1 44
10 Curzon Ashton 30 11 10 9 42 37 15 6 5 4 21 17 15 5 5 5 21 20 5 43
11 Spennymoor Town 31 12 7 12 43 44 14 6 5 3 24 17 17 6 2 9 19 27 -1 43
12 Darlington 32 11 8 13 50 47 16 7 3 6 25 18 16 4 5 7 25 29 3 41
13 Kettering Town 30 11 7 12 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 16 16 6 2 8 21 25 2 40
14 Leamington 32 10 10 12 33 38 17 9 4 4 22 17 15 1 6 8 11 21 -5 40
15 Alfreton Town 30 10 7 13 40 49 15 4 6 5 19 21 15 6 1 8 21 28 -9 37
16 Chester 32 9 7 16 54 58 17 7 5 5 36 24 15 2 2 11 18 34 -4 34
17 Bradford Park Avenue 31 9 6 16 38 55 16 7 2 7 26 27 15 2 4 9 12 28 -17 33
18 Gloucester City 32 7 11 14 32 48 15 3 6 6 16 17 17 4 5 8 16 31 -16 32
19 Blyth Spartans 32 9 3 20 29 59 16 6 2 8 17 21 16 3 1 12 12 38 -30 30
20 AFC Telford United 33 6 10 17 40 56 17 6 4 7 25 20 16 0 6 10 15 36 -16 28
21 Guiseley 30 7 5 18 24 47 16 5 4 7 15 23 14 2 1 11 9 24 -23 26
22 Farsley Celtic 31 6 7 18 28 65 14 4 4 6 17 28 17 2 3 12 11 37 -37 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gateshead 32 23 4 5 73 36 15 13 0 2 36 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 37 73
2 Brackley Town 31 21 7 3 45 18 15 12 2 1 20 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 27 70
3 Fylde 32 18 6 8 54 30 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 8 4 4 27 15 24 60
4 Kidderminster Harriers 31 17 6 8 53 28 14 10 1 3 34 10 17 7 5 5 19 18 25 57
5 Chorley 30 14 9 7 49 35 15 9 3 3 34 18 15 5 6 4 15 17 14 51
6 Southport 31 13 10 8 49 37 16 8 7 1 32 16 15 5 3 7 17 21 12 49
7 York City 30 14 6 10 47 38 16 8 3 5 27 17 14 6 3 5 20 21 9 48
8 Boston United 31 13 6 12 47 46 17 9 3 5 34 22 14 4 3 7 13 24 1 45
9 Hereford 32 12 8 12 37 38 17 8 4 5 21 17 15 4 4 7 16 21 -1 44
10 Curzon Ashton 30 11 10 9 42 37 15 6 5 4 21 17 15 5 5 5 21 20 5 43
11 Spennymoor Town 31 12 7 12 43 44 14 6 5 3 24 17 17 6 2 9 19 27 -1 43
12 Darlington 32 11 8 13 50 47 16 7 3 6 25 18 16 4 5 7 25 29 3 41
13 Kettering Town 30 11 7 12 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 16 16 6 2 8 21 25 2 40
14 Leamington 32 10 10 12 33 38 17 9 4 4 22 17 15 1 6 8 11 21 -5 40
15 Alfreton Town 30 10 7 13 40 49 15 4 6 5 19 21 15 6 1 8 21 28 -9 37
16 Chester 32 9 7 16 54 58 17 7 5 5 36 24 15 2 2 11 18 34 -4 34
17 Bradford Park Avenue 31 9 6 16 38 55 16 7 2 7 26 27 15 2 4 9 12 28 -17 33
18 Gloucester City 32 7 11 14 32 48 15 3 6 6 16 17 17 4 5 8 16 31 -16 32
19 Blyth Spartans 32 9 3 20 29 59 16 6 2 8 17 21 16 3 1 12 12 38 -30 30
20 AFC Telford United 33 6 10 17 40 56 17 6 4 7 25 20 16 0 6 10 15 36 -16 28
21 Guiseley 30 7 5 18 24 47 16 5 4 7 15 23 14 2 1 11 9 24 -23 26
22 Farsley Celtic 31 6 7 18 28 65 14 4 4 6 17 28 17 2 3 12 11 37 -37 25

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The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).